Is English a hybrid language?

by LoveUniHateExams 21 Replies latest jw friends

  • LoveUniHateExams
    LoveUniHateExams

    @Scully

    There is no present continuous tense in French.

    Je marche - I walk/am walking.

    Ditto the past continuous.

  • LoveUniHateExams
    LoveUniHateExams

    Although, thinking about it, there is a construction that French uses in place of a continuous tense:

    Je suis en train de marcher - I am in the process of walking.

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